Humidifier.



W. L CASS.

HUMIDIFIER.

APPUCATION FILED MAH.8.1918.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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' L. CASS, OF MANCHESTER, IO'WA, ASSl'G-NOE, 9T2

YOUNG, 0F IiIANCHESTEB. IO'WA.

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Application filed March 8. 1918. Serial IQ'o. 221.218

j: 0 M75 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. ass, a-

itizcn of the. iinitcd Pirates of America. and resident ofTv'ianchcstei', Delaware county. n'a. have invented certain new anduseful mpi'ovomcnrs in Humidificfrs, of which the foiiowinn is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvcmcnrs in hnmidifiai's. and the ohjcct ofmy improvcmeat is to furnish heating-means for use in a, hnmidificr,having specially formcd clcct'rodcs within the boiler of the dcvicc. inch"- cnit with a-sonrce of clech'ic cum-cm. such heating means beingformcd'and arranged in relation-lo oach ofher and tho hoilcito havelarge ciiiciency, and ha ving easily scpn- Zllbli) insulatingsuppoi'fing-mcans adaptcd for safe manual disassamhling whcn dcsircd.

ohiccl l havc. acconiplisluwl l) film moans which arc hci'cinaftci'dcsci'ila-d and claimed, and. which are illusli'aicd in the accompanyingdrawings. in which higui'c l vertical medial longitudinal scciion of myimprovcd humidilicr. showing in improvcd hcafing moans installcdlhcrcin: Fig. 53 is an oniargcd porspomivo dvlail vie-w oi iha pair ofclccti'odcs uscd in said humidii'ifi'; Fig. 3 is a horizontal scction oflhc hoiloi' and clccii'odcs of said dcvicc. falcon on. lhc. lino l- 'fiof said Fig. l. and Fig. 4 is a hotinni plan vicw of said clccti'odcsand o? ihcit" insulaling spam-rs.

.nimilai' nuinci'als of rcl'crcncc dcnoic corrcspondingg paz'lslhrouirhout lhc scvcral y i c. w

in iho drawings. lho. numci'al l dcnolcs a wrcically movahlc hollowhoilcr of gcnci'al oylindiical l'oi'in. having; about its uppci' cnd aninclosing \'llh(ll'l('lll chamhcr. ('()H('('Hl!'l(. and oflargcrdiamcioi'. in communication ihcrowih hy moans of oi'iiiccs 13. topci'inil wai cr chullilion passing inlo lhc chamlwi' io rol n again intotho hoilor by way of said oi'iiiocs. Said chanihcr is closcd at lhc 40p.lml may havo an opcn top hut whcn ohiscd may havc. orificcs l2 opcninglalcrall io cn'iitsicnm into ihc surrounding air. Tho nui'nci'al 2dcnolcs a cvliiulrical casin".

.splii; Wi'iicaily lcngrfhwisc at one sido lo- ;nci'mi, the nipple 6 onthc lowcr end of fluhoilcx' to pass through tho split. whcn moving Wiilhthe hoilc; up 01" down. 'lhc casing has its opposite side sot of? in arccfangular longfihwiso hollow part.conlaining a rots minis shaft andpinion 5 i'olaicd by a finger disk not shown. said pi ll hcingizv neshwith n longitudinal mum on said h- 'lnr 1. By this means ihc holler anin z'ai cil and lowered as dcsii'cd. Tincasing lixcd on a haso 3. Uponthev othcr and o is also fixed a. stationaryvcsscl :9 npcn nt the topand having a lalvi'al nipple H.- fiexihlo tube 7 is in communicationwith the two nifiplcs (l and F4. rcccpiaclc 10 after living filled withwater can ho ini'cl'lcd to havc ifs neck depend inl'o tho vosscl 9. theI'cccpfaclc being supported upon the nppcr edge of the vessel, and candclivci into said vcsscl (in-any through iis ncck or by mcnns or a tuhepassed through a. cox-k in lho ncclc of the. receptacle.

A pair of like clcch'odcs hi --15 arc, S1110 poilcd within and insulalcdfrom said hoilci'. 'lhc. clcch'odcs arc. in tho form scmi-cylindoi's.closed ali holh {nods to form hollow hodu-s. and suspcndcd onconductori'ods. l? and 18. The lal'tci' llllVli'lQ" l'hcii' nip-- poicurls lira-d in the loWcr' half 23 of insulating plug lificd rcniovahiyin the nopciopcn (Ilil of tho hoilci'. Spring-(dips: 19 and i in ahollow in said insulaionhalf 23 arc in circuit with said conductors anddeiachahly vonncclcd with ()illil' spring- (ZO'i'HiW'lTIHs 21 and 22 inholii'lws in the 'pci' half iii of said. insulaling plug", 'lhcso lalicrclips arc Ill ci zni'i'. Wlil iand lahcr may hc dii'cclm all'cx'natingzjsii'cd. A switch may ho insci'lcd in said (:1 call. as shown.

Vshilo no; csscnii l. snppoctii'ig spec half-rings 16 of insniaiingzinatcyini or olih means of insulation may he fixed on tho.

lowci' cnds of said clcclrodcs. to supponl 'i'ho l0\\'(! cnds of lhcclccli'oilcs upon and insulafc. lhcni from tho hol'roni of said hoilci.and to also prcvont contacts lining made with lhc, inncr wall of ihchoilcr when withdrawinp nho clccli'odcs.

Tho soc'iional insulating pi. such, thal iho uppci half '24 l. scparaicdfrom the lowci' ha f drawing tho pairs of spring 4 i othci'. withpcz'iccli safci'y i oporation.

Tho lwo ilPPlI'OliPS ll and havc. r innor fiat surfaccs spnccd narrowlyin paralicl i'clalion, whiic their older sen1ifrom each said oasc Ahoillc or. like.

cylindrical surfaces are likewise spaced narrowly apart'from thecylindric inner Wall of said boiler, concentrically. This form andarrangement of the electrodes provides that the Water-space in theboiler about said electrodes will be'of slight thickness and thereforequickly heated and converted into steam, when circuit is closed with thesource of current 29. The internal resistance of the electrodes with itsheating: eiiect soonheats up the Water to a high temperature, and Wateris kept supplied to the boiler by the vacuum operated supply system ofvessels 10 and 9 With the respective conduits, and if desired, theboiler can be raised or lowered by the mechanism described, to per- Initthe electrodes to be more or less immersed in the contents of the boileraccording to the Water level in said supply system.

Having described my invention. what I claim as new. and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

of Feb. 1918.

WILLIAM L. CASS.

